Vaughan Wood
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Oh, yes, three weeks after receiving my DVX200 back with a new menu switch in place, and working well, I had the opportunity to discover another new way for the camera to pack it in.
We are in our heavy dance concert season and last night, while in the middle of a concert, (just as the tiny tots came on, you know, the ones the Mums REALLY want to see), the camera LCD stated to freeze on me, as though I was shooting with the shutter speed of 1/2 a half a second or so.
This freaked me out , but everything else was still looking O.K., the recording lights were on and audio levels still working, so I kept going.
At the end of that item, I decided to turn it off, but it had completely frozen on me, all recording lights and LCD items were locked, as was the on/off switch.
As the next item was starting, I was still unsure whether anything was going to the card (a Lexar 250 GB) in HD, or the backup card (same type of card in second slot using 8MB backup mode).
By the end of that item, I pulled the battery out and re-inserted it, and rebooted. When it came up, it repaired the data on both cards (very quickly, taking only about 10 seconds for each card), and recorded the rest of the night O.K.
When I got home, I found out both cards had stopped as soon as the LCD stuttering had occurred, and I had lost two items.
The only thing my other cameraman and I can think of is the camera ran short of power - battery is a large one and was only used for 1/2 an hour before the disaster. It went the rest of the night on that battery.
Both cards stopped at the same place and have been used most days in the last two weeks. No trouble getting the info off them, or for the rest of the night.
That's twice in a month the camera has packed it in, my confidence in the camera is now very low!
I have to go out this morning (Saturday) and do it all again, with another 4 hour concert today and one tomorrow.
I'll run the camera on AC power today, as I have to record in 4K for these next two concerts, and record to an external DVD recorder at the same time.
Wow, this is enough to make me retire early!
Cheers, Vaughan
We are in our heavy dance concert season and last night, while in the middle of a concert, (just as the tiny tots came on, you know, the ones the Mums REALLY want to see), the camera LCD stated to freeze on me, as though I was shooting with the shutter speed of 1/2 a half a second or so.
This freaked me out , but everything else was still looking O.K., the recording lights were on and audio levels still working, so I kept going.
At the end of that item, I decided to turn it off, but it had completely frozen on me, all recording lights and LCD items were locked, as was the on/off switch.
As the next item was starting, I was still unsure whether anything was going to the card (a Lexar 250 GB) in HD, or the backup card (same type of card in second slot using 8MB backup mode).
By the end of that item, I pulled the battery out and re-inserted it, and rebooted. When it came up, it repaired the data on both cards (very quickly, taking only about 10 seconds for each card), and recorded the rest of the night O.K.
When I got home, I found out both cards had stopped as soon as the LCD stuttering had occurred, and I had lost two items.
The only thing my other cameraman and I can think of is the camera ran short of power - battery is a large one and was only used for 1/2 an hour before the disaster. It went the rest of the night on that battery.
Both cards stopped at the same place and have been used most days in the last two weeks. No trouble getting the info off them, or for the rest of the night.
That's twice in a month the camera has packed it in, my confidence in the camera is now very low!
I have to go out this morning (Saturday) and do it all again, with another 4 hour concert today and one tomorrow.
I'll run the camera on AC power today, as I have to record in 4K for these next two concerts, and record to an external DVD recorder at the same time.
Wow, this is enough to make me retire early!
Cheers, Vaughan
